Fall Bouquet!

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What you'll need:
  • Fall leaves, pinecones, etc.
  • Popsicle sticks
  • Hot glue gun or craft glue
  • Styrofoam ball or clay
  • Flower pot
  • Fall colored ribbon (optional)
How to make it:
  1. Bake it all for 45 minutes at 200 degrees to kill any insects and eggs.
  2. Use the hot glue gun or craft glue to attach the leaves, seeds, pinecones, etc., to the ends of Popsicle sticks. If you use craft glue, let them dry.
  3. Put the styrofoam ball or large lump of clay in the bottom of the flower pot.
  4. Stick the ends of the Popsicle sticks into the styrofoam or clay to make your autumn leaves bouquet.
  5. Tie the ribbon around the pot with a big bow, optional.
  6. ASK A PARENT BEFORE ATTEMPTING THIS FUN PROJECT! 
  7. Remember to have FUN!

Super Healthy Fruit Salad

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Ingredients:
~cantaloupe
~strawberries
~grapes


Cut the cantaloupe in half and cut the strawberries into quarters, cut the grapes into half as well. To add flavor, add basil. Mix it all up. Using our recipe, it is totally vegan.

Make a Garden Recipe, Yummy!

You Will Need: Lettuce, Tomatoes, Cucumbers, and something Sticky but still Edible such as Peanut Butter!


1) Get a plate out.
2) Rip lettuce in to medium size pieces and put them flat on the plate.
3) Now, Cut the cucumber in half and put the Sticky Stuff on the base. 
4) Cut the Carrots in to little pieces and stick them on the Sticky stuff.
5) Get the Little bite size cherry or grape tomatoes and put some of them on the plate to look like flowers.
6) Now you can add anything else you want to make it look like your very own garden!


Key:
Lettuce = Grass
Cucumber = Tree
Carrots = Leaves
Tomatoes = Flowers

Make a pipe cleaner pencil!

To make a fun looking pipe cleaner pencil you will need:
1) A pencil
2) Two Pipe Cleaners


Directions: With the pipe cleaners, get one of them and start to wrap it around your pencil (leave a little space in between.) Then get your other pipe cleaner and wrap it around the pencil as well in between the little spaces. Then you will have a pencil with a pattern made of pipe cleaners! This might not be nature-y, but it is still lots of fun!!!

Photograph Tips

Though it is not with a pen and paper, photography is still art. You can take awesome pictures of Landscapes and outdoor scenes. One of our members took the photo at the bottom of the page. Way to go art!
1. Hold the camera steady, do not let it get blurry.
2. Make sure that you are on the right setting and the right setting of flash.
3. >SNAP!<
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Nature Tattoos

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Instead of using tattoos on paper, you could take a dandelion and it will rub yellow on your hand. One of our Junior members has made a tattoo of a Square pattern.

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